that close to you

John Prine

Like a bolt of lightning
Like a bolt of thunder
Like a cloudy day
Down at the Zoo
Like a drowning man
That will never go under
That close to you
Yeah, that close to you

In the middle of the night
You d ask me to make you smile
You d come on like a one armed child
With a hole in its shoe
Poor you
Everybody oughtta know
It only hurts ya for a little while
So stop putting yourself on trial
For something you didn t do
Not you
To me
Can t we
Be
Just like
Lovers and mothers and brothers
And sorrow
Can I find a little something
With a nicer view
I m hating to plead
But I m begging to borrow
Just to be
That close to you
Yeah, that close to you